Another day in a series where Radio V tries (in vain) to predict who will win on Music's Most Overhyped Night®.
Tonight, we take a look at the Pop Genre Categories
Best Pop Female Vocal Performance
Christina Aguilera "Ain't No Other Man"
Natasha Bedingfield "Unwritten"
Pink "Stupid Girls"
KT Tunstall "Black Horse And The Cherry Tree"
Sheryl Crow "You Can Close Your Eyes"
The Nominees: The Pop Female Vocal categories pits a couple of newcomer Brits up against three veteran American singers. Christina Aguilera is thrice a Grammy winner and has taken home this trophy in the past for "Beautiful." Natasha Bedingfield is a British pop singer who's got enough goods to be in the running and whose "Unwritten" was a massive AC hit this year. The odd woman out is the formidable singer Pink whose tepid single "Stupid Girls" continued her US losing streak and may well be marked as the death rattle for a once-promising talent. KT Tunstall's a singer-songwriter whose husky vocal style vaguely recalls Janis Joplin and one who's had a massive breakthrough this year stateside. While Grammy's favorite daughter, 9-time winner Sheryl Crow won the Best Rock Female Vocal trophy so many times they retired the award. Seriously, it no longer exists.
The Breakdown: Bedingfield and Pink are longshots at best, while Tunstall could prove a potent challenger. You'd have to have a bettor's soul not to put your chips behind Crow or Aguilera though. The tipping point, Aguilera's song was a hit single from an overlooked album. Crow's an album track from a record no one heard.
Should Win: Christina Aguilera "Ain't No Other Man"
Will Win: Christina Aguilera "Ain't No Other Man"
Best Pop Male Vocal Performance
James Blunt - "You're Beautiful"
John Mayer - "Waiting On The World To Change"
Paul McCartney - "Jenny Wren"
Daniel Powter - "Bad Day"
John Legend - "Save Room"
The Nominees: A couple of Legends, a couple newbies and a two-time champion of this particular category tussle here. Even James Blunt's biggest detractor has to realize how big of a record this was and that gives him a good shot to win here. Just because it was overplayed doesn't mean it wasn't great. John Mayer, girlfriend of questionable intellect notwithstanding, is the heavyweight here. Also in the running for the Album Of The Year trophy, Mayer's a triple-Grammy winner and would have to be considered a prohibitive favorite. Paul McCartney is simply Paul McCartney. He's hard to ever count out, even if no one outside of the nominating committee has ever heard "Jenny Wren." Daniel Powter's song was played ad nauseum thanks to AC radio and the American Idol juggernaut. While John Legend's edgy loungey "Save Room" never caught-a-fire, he's the kind of artist Grammy lurrrrrves to the point that they virtually stone him with statuettes.
The Breakdown: The fact that Powter got nominated could all but cancel out the superior Blunt who appeals to a similar audience. John Legend's popular among voters, but this track is a bit obscure which could and should cost him. McCartney's likely got a bloc of vote locked up, but won't be able to expand past that base, yup, the Fogies. While Mayer's chances, for perhaps his best single no less, are diminished because votes that otherwise probably would've gone his way will be split among the other four nominees.
Should Win: James Blunt "You're Beautiful"
Will Win: Paul McCartney "Jenny Wren"
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